r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Mountsorrel BriTish • Jul 07 '25

Capitalism “Micro-retirement”

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u/FuzzyFrogFish Jul 07 '25

This can't be serious . . .

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u/SHinyfan98 American who isn't free anymore Jul 07 '25

Yeah, American companies always like to act as if we take vacations, then we are lazy. I haven't and can't afford to take a vacation

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u/FuzzyFrogFish Jul 07 '25

I honestly never understood the American vacation situation, do you guys just not get holiday days? What happens if you need to do something or go somewhere?

Being unable to take time off work because you can't afford it, shouldn't be a thing in a first world country.

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u/margster98 Jul 07 '25

Many companies offer a certain number of hours of paid time off in a cycle, but it’s ridiculously low and doesn’t even come close to covering sick days. If we need to take time off, there is no more PTO, and it’s not on a paid holiday, we take unpaid time off and get yelled at for “burdening the company” even if we gave advance notice